adjustment settings question

[xoechz]

Hello!

Everytime I use adjustments like brightness/contrast, PSP seems to remember those settings, because the next time I use them, they start with the same values as I used before. But I do not want that. This way I always have to move all sliders to their zero position before adjusting. Every image needs different values and I always like to start from scratch (zero values).

So, how can I tell PSP not to remember those settings every time?

[LeviFiction]

I don't know of a way to tell PSP to always use the default preset. That's not entirely true but the only way i can think of would be quite time-consuming.

There is, however, a very quick reset button inside the different adjustments dialogs. So resetting to zero can be very quick and easy. Annoying, sure, but easy.

http://product.corel.com/help/PaintShop ... esets.html

See the section on resetting to default

[xoechz]

Ah, ok, so it is no bug, it is a feature

But I dont know how this should be useful. As I said above, every image is different and needs different settings. So it does not make much sense to keep the last settings. They should always default to the zero values.

It is like PSP would resize every image that I open to - lets say - 800 x 600, because the last image I worked with had this size. Useless. Hope you know what I mean.

[LeviFiction]

I do understand what you mean, but it's not useless. Quite the opposite.

It's true that not everyone would use it. And that in some situations it makes less sense than in others. But it is useful in some circumstances. In fact, the re-size dialog once had trouble remembering the last used settings and there were complaints from people who thought that it should remember the last used settings.

Another example, again using the the resize dialog. Reszie has an advanced settings portion. In this section there is a "maintain aspect ratio" option. This is selected by default. So you resize one image to 800x600. If you resize the width of an image to 800, and the second image has a different aspect ration, then the height will resize according to that aspect ratio. So when the resize dialog pops up the width is still 800 but the height could be something else altogether. And many like being able to resize batches of images taken from the same camera that are always in landscape mode and getting them to resize quickly with no fuss.

Also, if you undo an adjustment but don't want to start from scratch having the last used preset makes that very easy. There are also effects that require the exact same settings be applied repeatedly.

While you're thinking image to image, some people use a single adjustment multiple times on an image and like knowing where they left off. It's individualized.

Would have been better if Corel had made a way to ensure the dialogs always remained at default for people like yourself who prefer to work that way. But they did make the reset easy so you don't have to move every slider, and reposition every control. Just hit the quick reset button and you're off to the races.

[hartpaul]

Ah, ok, so it is no bug, it is a feature

But I dont know how this should be useful. As I said above, every image is different and needs different settings. So it does not make much sense to keep the last settings. They should always default to the zero values.

It is like PSP would resize every image that I open to - lets say - 800 x 600, because the last image I worked with had this size. Useless. Hope you know what I mean.

I use this feature a lot.
I have to process say 50 jpgs of a model in the same area. The air was a bit smokey and their is a slight decrease in colour contrast.
For each image it is almost the same but a little different as I changed my angle and the exposure changed a little with clouds coming across the sun.
By maintaining the last used values I only need to move one of the sliders a small bit if at all.
As Levi has mentioned there is usually a reset button in each dialog box that resets all to the default. Very useful if you have to move 3 or 4 sliders.

People nowdays with their automatic cameras (and remember this is a cheaper program suitable for the average shooter as well as the more professional) wil shoot a number of pictures at an engagement party / birthday party , family group and although the pictures are different, in many ways thay are similar. If preparing a few images for emailing , posting , having a memory for the last used settings is useful.

In the same way cropping a lot of images to a square format is aided by having the last applied setting remembered rather than having it automatically reset to the full image.

It is like PSP would resize every image that I open to - lets say - 800 x 600

Actually PSP does remember the last used width settings for resizing an image and this is another feature I love. Because if all the images are camera images then they are the same dimensions and I don't have to keep typing in the new / same size settings.


Edit. Levi beat me to it.

Reading his comment also brought up another use.
Occasionally I have taken some inside location images that received a colour cast from some wall paper (before Raw capability) and I have to process the jpgs to remove the slight variations in colour. I use the Red/Green/Blue (Shift U) to correct the colour. I make some adjustments of the RGB values then go back and use the eyedropper to check that the values are getting near what I want (could be matching a white or a coloured backdrop sheet from another image) . In this case I can go forward to the same correction and make a smal adjustment , then back and check then forward and tweak til it is right. This remembering is very useful. At other times I want to start from scratch so hit the reset to default dialog button.

[MarkZ]

While you're thinking image to image, some people use a single adjustment multiple times on an image and like knowing where they left off. It's individualized.

I think this feature in Edit is extremely important and I would never use the Adjust mode because there all the tools seem to go back to a default value when a different tool is accessed. You can never go back with a tool to a previous or intermediate value like you can in Edit. I would not mind if editing of an image started with a default value but maintaining previous settings within an editing session is essential.

Which brings up another "want" of mine; when working with vectors, using the pick tool, if the shape is distorted, say a corner of the box is moved, after this change is made the box returns to the default shape. I would like to see the box retain the distortion so that one could tweak that shape. However, I realize that doing this may cause problems I can't foresee. What matters is achieving the desired result on the vector.